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Admissions Process
We are now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 school year!  Please return your application as soon as possible, as space is very limited! Click here to access the application. Applications should be completed and submitted as soon as possible to the Admissions Office. Applications received after May 15, 2012 will be considered as new openings become available. Parents are encouraged to attend an open house...
What is Montessori? Compass Star Montessori is an Elementary Montessori program, serving students from six to twelve years of age.  The program is conducted in a combined classroom, as is traditional in a Montessori setting.  Students participate in group lessons and individual lessons with the Guide (teacher), and practice the lessons and work with materials in order to meet the weekly goals they have set for themselves with...
About the Staff
Kathryn Mahoney is the Founder and Directress of Compass Star Montessori, and the Lead Guide in the Elementary classroom. Kathryn received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Arizona State University in 1998 before moving to Kansas. As her children progressed through Early Childhood Montessori programs she decided to return to the classroom to pursue certification in Montessori Education. She...  
Frequently Asked Questions Who was Maria Montessori? Dr. Maria Montessori was the first female physician in Italy.  She developed the Montessori Method of education after studying the scientific works of Seguin and applying them to her first classroom, the Casa De Bambini.  By observing the children she further developed theories on Elementary and Secondary education, and, with her son Mario, created her Cosmic Education curriculum...

Compass Star Montessori

Compass Star Montessori is an Elementary Montessori program, serving students from six to twelve years of age. The program is conducted in a combined classroom, as is traditional in a Montessori setting.  Students participate in group lessons and individual lessons with the Guide (teacher), and practice the lessons and work with materials in order to meet the weekly goals they have set for themselves with the input of the Guide.

"Knowledge can be best given where there
is 
eagerness to learn, so this is the period when 
the seed
of everything can be sown, the child's 
mind being like a fertile field, ready 
to receive what will germinate 
into culture."

- from To Educate the 
Human Potential

by Maria Montessori

 

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